Pope calls on flock to take in refugees

Vatican to shelter pair of families

New York Times

September 6, 2015Updated: September 6, 2015 10:23pm

Photo: Riccardo De Luca, AP

Pope Francis waves to faithful as he arrives to recite the Angelus noon prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. The Vatican will shelter two families of refugees "who are fleeing death" from war or hunger, Pope Francis announced Sunday as he called on Catholic parishes, convents and monasteries across Europe to do the same.

Pope Francis waves to faithful as he arrives to recite the Angelus...

VIENNA — Pope Francis added his voice Sunday to those of politicians and volunteers welcoming refugees to Europe, calling on all Catholics — and by extension, all fellow Europeans — to take in people who “flee death in conflict and hunger.”

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